New Year

I spent what felt like most of yesterday reading Winnie the Pooh to my girls, both of whom are sick. My New Year’s Eve plan was to go to bed early. But then Jonny and I saw that the Call the Midwife Christmas special was available to watch on the PBS website, and we ended up staying up late to watch it. (It was wonderful and well worth staying up for.) At some point, Jonny mentioned that when he took the kids shopping for my birthday (at the grocery store because he needed ingredients) that Larkspur insisted that he needed to buy me lots of presents, because I’ve given him so many children. That means that she thinks she’s a gift, that all my children are. I will always treasure the thought of her saying those words to Jonny, believing with perfect certainty that she is treasured.

This morning, both girls seemed perkier until Beatrix demonstrated all over the floor that she is not well. Oh dear. This may prove a long week. I suspect today will be spent by the fire again, with more Winnie.

I wish for a very Happy New Year to you all. I pray that in this new year we are all able to focus on those things that mean the most, no matter how small, and move through all the rest with grace and peace.

Those small gifts…like Larkspur’s little comment…are the real treasures in life!! You are quite blessed!!!

Hoping the crud leaves your house soon—we suffered through it on a 5 hour car trip over the weekend. (For future reference—-it took us 12 grocery bags (they were double-bagged) to get home. Thank goodness my daughter doesn’t take her own bags to the store like I do….we would have been in troUBle!!!!)

Happy New Year to you and your wonderful family, Ginny! I completely sympathize with the illness you are bearing at the moment. Before Christmas the whole family save my husband succumbed to a rather unusual gastric bug which after the first twenty four hours would give us two days reprieve and then struck us down again for a couple of days. Of course we got through it and are completely back to normal.

I love Winnie The Pooh and was lucky enough to be raised close to his forest; Ashdown Forest in south east England.

Happy New Year to you all too. Thanks again for sharing wonderful stories, insights, school projects and all. I love your blog and “tune” into it every morning before our homeschool day begins. Best to you all for 2013!

oh no! your babies are sick. hopefully it will pass quickly and no one else we get the cookies. i love the story about the grocery store visit. your daughter is right on, she is a treasure, as are all of your children. made me feel all squishy inside.
happy new year, may it be full of adventures!

Happy New Year to you and your family, Ginny. I want to thank you so much for the Sunday Sweater pattern. I am a new-ish knitter but decided to attempt this for my five year old niece for Christmas. The pattern was so wonderfully written that it was a dream to follow. My brother and sister-in-law were in awe and my niece LOVED it. Thank you so much for making it available. I would love to see it in an adult size someday. 🙂

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